Tenure security, investment and productivity in gambian agriculture: A generalized probit analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-382

  Hayes, Joseph ^a   Roth, Michael ^a   Zepeda, Lydia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amemiya's generalized probit; Gambia; Investment; Simultaneity; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METHODOLOGY; PROBIT ANALYSIS; TENURE SECURITY;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0031429399     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244136     Document Type: Article

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